Stained with Blood

<h4><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A battle. A killing. An echo of history.</strong></h4><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Scarborough Castle high on the headland is the picturesque backdrop for an English Civil War re-enactment. But the day takes a sinister turn when the town's MP is shot and killed in broad daylight. DCI Tom Raven is quickly on the scene but the investigation is soon commandeered by a senior officer from Counter Terrorism leaving Raven sidelined.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When cryptic letters are received taunting the police it becomes clear that democracy itself may be the target. The MP had received a number of credible death threats and suspicion quickly falls on a Russian tycoon with interests in the town. But the murdered man had many enemies and the list of people wanting him dead quickly grows longer.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As more lives are claimed by a ruthless mastermind driving the narrative only Raven stands between justice and an outcome stained with blood.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Set on the North Yorkshire coast the Tom Raven series is perfect for fans of David J Gatward J M Dalgliesh Simon McCleave and British crime fiction.</span></p>